Monica Crowley

“During President George W. Bush's two terms, you couldn't drive far without seeing a particular bumper sticker: 'Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.'”

“One day in 1984, at the height of his fame, Michael Jackson made a visit to the White House. President and Nancy Reagan may not have dug his music, but they understood the power Mr. Jackson commanded as a common pop-cultural touchstone for just about everyone else.”

“When government gets out of the way, the people achieve great things because of the promise of great rewards.”

“When I'm debating others, whether it's Eleanor Clift or Bob Beckel, you're still in a fierce debate mode, but you're also on best behavior.”

“It is an abuse of power, when you are President of the United States, to use the White House to single out a single news organization, and castigate them and try to delegitimize them.”

“It took a catastrophe of socialized medicine to wake a lot of people up because it affects every single person in America, either directly or indirectly. That's when you get people's attention - when it directly affects them.”

“Bill Clinton is a classic, old-school Southern pragmatic Democrat.”

“A president is supposed to calm the American people with sober decision-making in the national interest.”

“Conservatives are always right about everything. We are. We are.”

“We need to reform the health code so that people are incentivized to buy their own health insurance rather than have to get it through an employer.”

“Once the tentacles of redistributionism wrap themselves tightly around every part of the economy - and around our psyches - they can never be unwound.”

“If the government controls your health care, the government controls you. Obamacare was never about health care. It was about government power, dependency, and control.”

“Healthcare is the cornerstone of the socialist state. It is the crown jewel of the welfare state.”

“The Left can play the race card incessantly without consequence or punishment, but woe to anyone else who even breathes valid opposition to their policies: Thou shall be deemed a racist.”

“The Democrats handle dissent by isolating it, smearing it and delegitimizing it in order to crush it.”

“The Islamic terror threat is so fierce, unrelenting and barbaric that we tell ourselves fairy tales about how these ruthless acts are anything but what they are: acts of war.”

“Weak presidents are neither respected nor electorally rewarded by their publics.”

“Mr. Obama seeks to federalize large portions of education, beginning with his attempt to nationalize college student loans.”

“Just when you think you've heard it all from Team Obama, the next day brings another jaw-dropper.”

“I think the American people believe in stopping and preventing terrorism pretty much at any cost.”